In the early years of Jiajing, there were two major forces in the capital, Hui merchants and Jin merchants.

Jin merchants belong to the old powerhouse, is the most powerful merchant force when the Ming salt introduced grain to open the system, taking advantage of the geographical advantage, in the northwest, especially in the Xuanfu, Datong area has a large number of Shangtun fields, in order to exchange for salt, business world.

However, after changing the salt and folding color method during the Hongzhi period, the Jin merchants gradually declined, and the Hui merchants took advantage of the convenience of salt-producing areas such as Lianghuai to quickly gather wealth.

The two sides gradually divided their courts.

The Jin merchants have always been very close to the core power layer of the DPRK and China, they have money and power in their hands, and if they want to become bigger and stronger, they will naturally desperately drill camp at the core level of power, and only upstarts like Hui Shang will move closer to the newly rising power like the new emperor.

In Zhu Hao's view, since Yang Tinghe proposed to bid for several coal mines of the Zhang brothers, and wanted to take the opportunity to suppress the new emperor's forces, he would inevitably use Jin merchants.

On the way back to the city.

Zhu Hao told Tang Yin about the grievances and grievances of the merchants in the capital.

Tang Yin asked in surprise: "Is even the internal relationship of Shangjia so intertwined?" Zhu Hao, how did you learn about these things? ”

Zhu Hao said angrily: "Sir, you have nothing to do with my mother, you have to mention it to my mother, and give me a watch, but now you always call me by my big name, isn't it too faceless?" ”

"You ......"

Tang Yin was speechless.

It's all customary to discuss business and call you by your real name casually.

I didn't expect you kid to care so much about these things?

Tang Yin sorted out his thoughts and asked, "You said that it involves the issue of collecting mining taxes, how can it involve the law?" Don't say it, you plan to collect some discounts from it after selling the Zhang family's coal kiln, or you want to collect it all. ”

Zhu Hao smiled, and took out an attitude of "mountain people have their own clever plans", so that Tang Yin continued to be speechless.

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The two entered the city and went to see Sun Jiao first.

Sun Jiao specially entertained Tang Yin, who returned from Xishan, at the mansion, but he didn't expect Zhu Hao to go with him.

Seeing Zhu Hao...... Sun Jiao's face was not very good.

For this son-in-law, Sun Jiao has a lot of things that he can't see through, he always feels that Zhu Hao is a conspirator, and he doesn't know what Zhu Hao is doing for the new emperor, and his body is full of mystery.

With Sun Jiao's old scheming, he couldn't see through this young man, and Zhu Hao's political leanings were extremely vague, so Sun Jiao didn't want to have deeper contact with Zhu Hao.

"Bohu, why did you bring the respect?"

After the two sides met, Sun Jiao directly questioned Tang Yin in front of Zhu Hao.

Tang Yin said helplessly: "When Elder Sun asks about mining matters, it is better to ask Jingdao directly, there are many things...... Actually, it's not very clear below. ”

This time it was Sun Jiao's turn to be speechless.

Boy.

You Tang Bohu went to Xishan to open a mine for the emperor, and you actually said that you didn't understand?

So what are you going to do?

After both sides sit down.

Sun Jiao asked: "The household department has been discussing the candidate to replace the management official Tian, and recommended a few officials to go up, but His Majesty has been slow to make a decision...... Bohu, do you know who Your Majesty wants? ”

Again, a sharp question.

Tang Yin stepped down as the head of the household department in charge of the imperial village, and this errand has been hanging in the air, and the emperor did not say who will replace him, so that the officials who are qualified to move to this position in the court are fluctuating, and they all want to get a piece of the pie, not only want to make political contributions, but also want to get some benefits.

Tang Yin behaved very directly......

looked at Zhu Hao again.

That little look seemed to say, I'm afraid only Zhu Hao can decide this matter.

And this time Sun Jiao said that he couldn't understand it at all, the old man asked you a question, you actually looked at Zhu Hao again? Does it mean to let Zhu Hao answer the old man?

Zhu Hao smiled: "Old Sun, let's discuss the matter of mining operations." I heard that the imperial court was going to sell the coal kiln that originally belonged to the relatives of the Zhang family in Xishan, and I don't know who will come to bid, and I think the price should not be low, right? ”

Sun Jiao frowned.

Zhu Hao, this kid, is obviously a little fox, and he is actually pretending to be confused in the matter of bidding for coal mines?

Sun Jiao was too lazy to deal with Zhu Hao, ignored Zhu Hao's question directly, and looked sideways at Tang Yin: "Bohu, you are opening a coal kiln in Xishan, everything is going well?" ”

Tang Yin nodded: "Yes." ”

Sun Jiao was puzzled: "That is to say, everything is going well, and I don't know how far it has been?" ”

Tang Yin's eyes unconsciously drifted to Zhu Hao.

Sun Jiao wants to beat someone!

Why do you look at Zhu Hao as soon as I ask you a question?

Don't you want to answer sincerely?

"Bohu ......"

Sun Jiao was angry from his heart, and he almost reprimanded Tang Yin, a "rising star", to his face.

Tang Yin sighed and interrupted Sun Jiao's words: "Old Sun Ministry, let's tell the truth, this matter has been planned by Jing Dao behind his back from beginning to end, and I, a person who has been half-clothed in the ground, is just acting according to orders...... If you have any questions, you can just ask the respectful way. ”

"What?"

Sun Jiao thought that Tang Yin's previous words were just excuses, but he didn't expect that he really followed Zhu Hao's orders?

Sun Jiao immediately looked at Zhu Hao and found that this kid was smiling, even if Sun Jiao was very "rude" to him before, but he still maintained this son-in-law's mentality very well.

Sun Jiao's face was full of gloom, and he asked, "Jingdao, you can say it." ”

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Mr. Sun finally remembered that the junior was here, and the junior wanted to speak, but he didn't let him speak, which is really anxious." ”

"Uh-huh."

Sun Jiao and Tang Yin cleared their throats almost at the same time, probably meaning that if you want to speak, you should speak quickly, and don't pretend to be an official here.

Zhu Hao said: "A few years ago, I said that I would go to the border pass, but I actually went to Xishan to explore the coal mine, and I found a few places, and I thought it was not bad. It should be a good progress, right? ”

"Huh!?"

Sun Jiao turned to look at Tang Yin.

Tang Yin nodded: "Several newly discovered coal kilns, although they are located in remote areas, but with the actual detected output, they are better than the existing coal kilns in Xishan!" And the difficulty of mining is not great, there is no need to drill deep wells, and some can even be surface mining. ”

"You ......"

Sun Jiao didn't know what to say.

Tang Yin explained again: "That's the case, Zhu Hao is not only proficient in writing and ink, but also very good at the art of Kanyu Xuankong, he went to Xishan this time, and easily explored a few coal kilns, and now it seems that they can make a profit for the imperial court." ”

Sun Jiaodao: "Bohu, you tell the truth, isn't this prevaricating the old decay and preparing for the next bid for the Zhangjia coal kiln?" Zhu Hao is young, go to Xishan once, can you find a coal kiln? Or how many? This...... The old decay absolutely does not believe it. ”

Tang Yin smiled bitterly: "Old Sun Butang, in fact, I have been with Zhu Hao for many years, from disbelief to having to accept reality, I have experienced too many times. After being in contact with him for a long time and seeing more, I don't feel strange and can face everything calmly. ”

Sun Jiao: "......"

People want to face trees and bark, Tang Yin, who is a gentleman, is really shameless, in front of his disciples, embarrassed to say that?

Sun Jiao was so angry that his hands trembled, and he felt that the pair of masters and apprentices in front of him were fooling him.

He didn't believe that Zhu Hao was able to discover a coal mine in just a few days away from Beijing, and he didn't believe that Zhu Si's purpose in letting Tang Yin return to the capital was not to bid for coal mines.

Zhu Hao smiled: "Old Sun must be very curious, what is the purpose of Mr. Tang's return to Beijing, right?" Actually, it's just to make a show...... We don't plan to buy the Zhang family's coal kiln, and we will return the silver sold to the Zhang family to make up for their losses. ”

Sun Jiao sneered, and the more he talked about it, the more outrageous it became.

If you don't fight the idea of Zhangjia Coal Kiln, why do you do so many things?

Zhu Hao continued: "On the contrary, instead of buying coal kilns, we also plan to sell many coal kilns that are not very good in output and hand them over to businessmen to develop. ”

"Humph!"

Sun Jiao scoffed, fooling the ghost?

Tang Yin heard a little eyebrows, probably thinking that what Zhu Hao said should be related to the mining tax mentioned earlier, and said with a smile: "Zhu Hao...... Jingdao, you tell Sun Lao Butang in detail. ”

Zhu Hao smiled and said: "That's the case, the imperial court has always wanted to collect taxes for private mining, but the effect is very poor. There are two reasons, one is because it is extremely difficult for the people to open mines, and the mines are easy to be encroached upon by the magnates, and many miners themselves are powerful people, who try their best to reject the imperial court, and buy off the literati on the grounds that the imperial court and the people compete for profits, and vigorously oppose the imperial court's tax collection. ”

"Hmm."

Although Sun Jiao didn't want to listen to Zhu Hao's nonsense, the reality is that it is undeniable.

Tax difficulties have always been a stubborn disease of the Ming Dynasty, and the financial collapse at the end of the Ming Dynasty led to the destruction of the country, not all of which were entangled because of this?

Those who strongly advocate commercial taxation have been nailed to the pillar of shame in history by the literati, and they have also put the destruction of the Ming Dynasty on natural and man-made disasters, especially the eunuch party chaos......

In fact, the fundamental reason is that because of the germination of capitalism in the Ming Dynasty, the social handicraft industry and commerce developed rapidly, but there was no supporting tax system to keep up, so that the Ming Dynasty's finances collapsed and could not be sustained.

Zhu Hao said: "It is obviously not possible to forcibly collect mining taxes, so we must change the purpose and methods." ”

Sun Jiao frowned.

Tang Yin asked expectantly, "How to change?" ”

"Huh?"

Sun Jiao looked at Tang Yin again.

Why do you masters and apprentices ask and answer questions?

Could it be that Zhu Hao didn't make it clear to you, the gentleman and executor, before doing these things? Or are you deliberately singing a double reed and telling me this old bone?

In fact, Tang Yin really didn't know.

Tang Yin's thirst for knowledge is already very strong, and after working for a long time, he must always know what he is doing, otherwise he will treat me Tang someone as a fool?

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "The existing mines, including coal kilns, iron ore, etc., are not good at output, and whether they are taxed or not is like that." My idea is that in the future, the imperial court will be responsible for exploring mineral deposits, and if good mineral deposits are discovered, such as coal mines, iron ore, copper mines, etc., the imperial court will sell them, and a certain fee will be charged at a time, and the system of bidding will be adopted.

"And after the bid was successful, the imperial court provided advanced excavation and smelting technology to collect taxes, and collected 10% to 30% of the output of ore products from all mining areas as taxes."

When Sun Jiao heard this, he almost wanted to scold.

Tang Yin next to him couldn't help but question: "Zhu Hao, how do you guarantee that the businessman will come to bid and accept your set?" Also, if the private sector explores the rich reserves of mineral deposits on its own, then your plan will not fail? ”

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